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Phase II trial of niraparib for BRCA-mutated biliary tract, pancreatic and other gastrointestinal cancers: NIR-B.
Future oncology (London, England) - 1 Jan 2024
Kawamoto Yasuyuki, Morizane Chigusa, Komatsu Yoshito, Kondo Shunsuke, Ueno Makoto, Kobayashi Satoshi, Furukawa Masayuki, Lee Lingaku, Satoh Taroh, Sakai Daisuke, Ikeda Masafumi, Imaoka Hiroshi, Miura Arisa, Hatanaka Yutaka, Yokota Isao, Nakamura Yoshiaki, Yoshino Takayuki
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Due to the widespread use of cancer genetic testing in gastrointestinal cancer, the BRCA1/2 genetic mutation has been identified in biliary tract cancer as well as pancreatic cancer. Niraparib is a poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, and PARP inhibitors exert their cytotoxicity against cancer cells in the context of homologous recombination deficiency, such as BRCA mutations, via the mechanism of...
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